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Warm Up The Holidays With Homemade Jar Candles 

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Make this recipe for homemade candles (beeswax- or soy-based) to warm up your house with holiday scents. Plus, scented candles make great gifts!

Make A Downy Woodpecker House On The Cheap

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Providing area woodpeckers with some extra nesting options is as simple as repurposing a large fallen limb. Here's how to build a woodpecker house of your own.

Video Round Up: 5 Favorite Hobby Farms Stories

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We rounded up 5 of our favorite Hobby Farms video stories from the past year. Check them out, then dig into all the great video content from our contributors!

Make DIY Stovetop Potpourri For Seasonal Simmering

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Make some simmering stovetop potpourri from items in the pantry (or the woods) to fill your home with welcoming, festive holiday scents!

5 Heavy Items You Can Move With A Stone Boat

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A stone boat is the "world's simplest wagon"—a basic wooden sled designed to move heavy things. From logs to machines to (yes) stones, here are a few things I've moved.

Freeze Garden Produce To Preserve Quickly: 5 Tips

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When growing season comes to an abrupt end, you can freeze produce to quickly preserve your garden's late-season yield. Check out these 5 tips!

You Can Help Timber Tracking Researchers Protect Eastern White Oak Trees

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Adventure Scientists group seeks tree DNA samples to build massive tree genetics reference library through their Timber Tracking project.

Spot Insects To Help Lost Ladybug Project Researchers

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You're bound to attract some of these beneficial insects to your garden, so keep an eye out and help Lost Ladybug Project track native and invasive ladybugs.

Video: Cold, Stinky Compost Pile Gets A Makeover

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Something went really wrong inside this plastic compost bin, which was too cold and stinky, but we set things right with a simple makeover.

How To Build & Use Your Own Plant Press

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Collect and preserve pretty blooms, interesting leaves and fragrant herbs for future gifts and craft projects with this DIY plant press project.

Video: How To Make Your Own Hummingbird Food

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I enjoy our local hummingbirds, but they didn't like the commercial food I provided. So I found this easy hummingbird food recipe local birds love!

Video: Sew A Feed-Bag Shopping Tote

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From chicken feed to bird seed, the empty plastic bags add up—but they don't have to end up in the landfill. Here's how to make your own feed-bag tote.

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